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Brand Strategy

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The one investment that will save you in the long run is brand development. A successful business requires a well-defined brand strategy. Until the brand is defined it will not be clear what you are developing, why your customers need it, and why you should be their first choice.

The world’s most successful brands didn’t just pop up overnight. It takes a focused strategy and hard work to create a great brand. But what is brand strategy?

Simply put, brand strategy is your game plan. It defines your identity, your positioning in the market, and the messaging and marketing that will resonate with your target audience.

It can be your greatest asset… or your unfortunate demise.

Above all else, it is the vehicle for building real connections with people. And here’s a little secret: Real connections turn into loyal customers.

What is brand strategy?

Think of brand strategy as a blueprint for your business. It is an outline for the key elements to make your brand unique, your mission and goals, and how you will execute it.

A strong brand strategy is meticulously crafted, taking into account all aspects of your market, niche, product or service offerings, customers, and competitors.

Initially you will probably need to make some assumptions – this is unavoidable when you are starting from scratch without real-world data. However, with each new visitor and customer, there will be more data to translate into insights, which refines your strategy.

Market research is non-negotiable if you want to grow quickly. Research helps you build a solid brand development foundation, providing you important insights into:

Your business model by defining which products or offerings work with your strategy.

Pricing for your offerings based value proposition and competitors.

Your competitors, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

The types of marketing messages and strategies that your audience responds to best.

How to develop a brand strategy

Typically there are three steps for building a brand strategy:

Plan: Before you start your brand-building strategy, do your research to make sure you have a solid handle on the market, your specific niche, your competitors, and the roots of your marketing plan.

Build: Once you have a plan in place you are ready to start building your brand identity. This includes logos, color palette, and other visuals. Now you can create your website and define social channels and other media through which you will execute your brand strategy plan.

Execute: Launch your brand and fully utilize all the messaging plans and marketing channels you built.

All sorts of marketing data, analyses, and graphics. They offer free graphs and paid reports.

Be reliable and trustworthy

Consistency is key. Don’t start out with haute couture branding and then suddenly veer into soccer mom chic territory. Likewise, don’t use deeply emotional messaging and switch to sarcasm and jokes.

The whole point of the brand strategy process is to carve out a clear, distinct voice and image for your company – and stick to it in every single aspect of what you do.

Before making any merchandising, branding, or marketing decisions, ask yourself – Is this in line with my branding strategy? Does it “fit” with everything else and enhance the narrative I started?

If a new idea is even a little bit off, scrap it and try again.

In addition to keeping your branding and messaging consistent, it is also critical that you keep all the promises you make. If you offer shipping in one week, those packages better darn well get there in one week.

Ruining a customer’s trust is the fastest way to lose them and tank your reputation in the process.

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Develop an actionable marketing plan

Having a sweet brand isn’t going to cut it. You have to drive it home with continuous messaging on all sorts of channels.

And once you have gained a customer, you need to earn their loyalty by strengthening the relationship.

Basically, you have got to keep going for the rest of your brand’s life.

Brand objective

Your vision, mission, and purpose. Why does your company exist and what impact will you have on your audience, community, or even the world?

Target audience

Speaking of your audience, who are they? What are their interests, needs, passions, and habits? Understanding them intimately is critical for your success – so don’t skimp on this.

Brand positioning

Carving out your slice of the market. What does it take for you to be a big deal in your audience’s life, and what strategies will you implement to get there?

Brand identity

What people see when they interact with your brand – your visual identity like logos and images, as well as your tone and voice, customer support, and reputation. Bonus points for storytelling that incorporates your brand objective in a meaningful way.

Marketing strategy

Playing the long-game, how will you communicate what you are all about, in a way that your audience finds receptive? How will you build and nurture your customer relationships? This can include everything from social media to paid ads to email marketing.